Last Week in Awesome (11/23/13)

Hi. So I've been kind of busy lately. I had planned to do a TWiA after missing it last week, but a little thing called Sunday Night Football got in the way, and as we all know that didn't finish up until well after midnight. So I think I'll just go ahead and do this now, and I'll do my regular Monday car post tomorrow.

Remember Billy Squier? If you were listening to the radio or watching MTV in the early '80s you probably do; significantly younger and you may never have heard of him. But hip-hop artists know him, or at least the beats from his songs. (New York Post via The Awl) (Note: I was completely unaware of the infamous video referenced in this article.)

Speaking of the '80s, there's some great sociocultural photography here. Who knows, you might spot yourself in one of the pictures. (Laughing Squid)

And maybe we'll just stay with the '80s: movie buffs will want to check out the 50 minutes of deleted scenes from Blue Velvet, which apparently were missing for some time. (If you have seen the 25th anniversary edition of the movie, these are included.) Flavorwire goes one better by annotating the whole thing. (Laughing Squid)

And finally this week (and admittedly a bit late), a couple of weeks back an ad appeared online for European Volvo trucks that featured Jean-Claude Van Damme performing a split between two trucks moving backward (to show off their smooth ride and precise steering). This was followed a few days later by a response, of sorts, from Channing Tatum. (Tastefully Offensive)